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Pinoys in US, Canada ecstatic over Trump’s stunning victory
FILIPINOS in the US and Canada are ecstatic over Donald Trump’s stunning victory at the 2024 United States’ elections against Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump’s victory made him the 47th US president and will be inaugurated on January 20, 2025.
Some of the Filipinos called the return to White House of the former president as “the return of law and order,” especially in migration where the administration of the Democrats, the party where Harris belongs, pales in comparison with the Republicans.
“Di ba being undocumented is by nature risky? They are always at risk of deportation no matter who the president is,” Antonio Moncupa, former president and CEO of East West Bank, told the Journal.
Moncupa is a certified jet setter and stayed in Chicago the last time he went to the US. His last visit to the US with his entire family lasted for about a month in 2023.
The retired banker earlier thought Harris, 60, could steal the victory from Trump, 78, but to no avail.
“Fourteen Republican states reported and only seven Democratic states kaya lamang si Trump,” he said in an earlier text.
Allan Tumbaga, who was in Manitoba, Canada during the US elections last Nov. 5 (Nov. 6 in Manila), said he hopes the US elections wouldn’t be like what happened in the Philippines.
“I hope it will not be like the recent Philippine presidential elections. The rich and educated Americans seem for Harris while the poor less educated Americans are for Trump,” said Tumbaga, a former hit ranking official of one insurance firm in the Philippines.
Jett Pantoja from Visalia, California compared Trump to former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte.
He also said the incoming president is OK for most Filipinos in the US. He said Trump lost in California, the US state with the biggest electoral votes at 54.
“Parang si Duterte ‘yan aggressive. ‘Pag sinabi n’ya gagawin talaga n’ya. Ang maganda sa kanya magaling s’ya mag-handle ng ekonomiya ng US.
Inuuna n’ya talaga ang mga Amerikano compared sa ibang lahi.
Except for Tesla owner Elon Musk, Trump didn’t get any celebrity endorsements but relied on podcasters like Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson and Logan Paul.
His youngest son, Barron, 18, pitched the idea to him to give more attention to podcasters and influencers than celebrity endorsers.
The result was overwhelming as the seven battleground states–Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona and Michigan–all went to him and ended the elections with 306 electoral votes compared to Harris’ 232.
Trump also won in two of the five states with biggest electoral votes–Florida and Texas–but Harris won in three states with highest electoral votes–California, Illinois and New York. By ED VELASCO
